In the wake of the Heartland Payment Systems data breach announced last week, Washington state’s credit unions once again have introduced legislation to encourage financial institutions to take “extraordinary proactive steps” to protect consumers from identity theft and financial fraud after a breach. Receiving its first hearing before the Full House Financial Institutions and Insurance…
Category: Breach Laws
Comments on Senator Feinstein’s bill, S. 139
Earlier this week, Senator Feinstein grabbed the privacy headlines when she reintroduced the same breach notification bill that she has introduced in every session of Congress for the past few years. Like me, the bill has not improved with age. S.139 is intended to provide a national “floor” on data breach notifications for breaches involving…
UK: BSI proposes new data protection standard
Phil Muncaster reports: Standards body BSI British Standards has invited the public to submit their comments on a new draft standard designed to help firms comply with the Data Protection Act. The DPC BS 10012, which was devised by a group of experts from academia, government and industry, applies to any organisation which holds the…